THE DIVORCE GAMBIT From Dumped Wife to CEO's Forever novel Chapter 1192

Vicki was squeegeeing the glass shower door when she heard this. She paused for a moment, then looked at Effie and said, "I don't think so. It's not our scheduled end time yet, and it's your first day. It wouldn't look right if I left now."

Vicki's son had a fever, her husband was swamped at work, and right now, only her mother-in-law was at the hospital with him.

As a mother, she naturally wanted to get back as soon as possible to help her mother-in-law take care of her son.

But it was Effie's first day, after all. She didn't feel right leaving her unsupervised.

Effie's eyes narrowed slightly. "It's fine, Vicki. This is a special situation! Don't worry, if our boss asks, I won't say a word about you leaving early."

"No, no, there's not much left anyway. It won't take long," Vicki said, resuming her work.

Effie glanced up at Vicki, a dark glint in her eyes.

"Damn old woman! So ungrateful."

Just as Effie was about to say something else, Vicki added, "I'm almost done with the bathroom. Why don't you go start on the floor-to-ceiling windows in the bedroom? I'll come help once I finish up in here."

"Okay," Effie nodded, grabbing her supplies and heading toward the bedroom.

To get to the bedroom, she had to pass through the living room.

At that moment, Louie and Gertrude were busy making cookies.

Louie, squeezing the piping bag, said, "Honey, look. Does this one look like a little bear?"

Gertrude leaned in for a look and chuckled. "Not a bear. More like a lump of... poop."

Louie was speechless.

The couple laughed and chatted, the atmosphere warm and harmonious.

Watching this blissful scene, Effie's face tightened, and she almost blew her cover.

"Why? Why did Gertrude and Louie get to be so happy? While I was forced to hide in the shadows?"

That's right. Effie was Elsa.

She had deliberately disguised herself. Her dark complexion was from a dark shade of foundation, and even her hair had been sprayed blonde with a temporary dye.

She stared at Gertrude's glowing, carefree face and felt something ugly twist inside her.

"Just you wait. Gertrude and Louie's happiness is about to end. I would personally send them to hell."

A sinister look flashed in Elsa's eyes as she carried her bucket toward the bedroom.

The floor-to-ceiling windows were the hardest to clean.

About ten minutes later, Vicki came in.

As she entered, she sighed, "It must be nice to be rich. Living in a place this big in The Capital, and I heard they bought it outright, no mortgage. Not like us, stuck with a twenty or thirty-year mortgage for a small place in a small town."

Gertrude's apartment was a spacious four-bedroom, over 1,700 square feet. It was indeed a very comfortable place to live.

A scornful look flickered in Elsa's eyes.

"Bought it outright? If it weren't for Caitlin Kensington, there's no way someone like Gertrude would be living in a place like this. Ridiculous."

But Elsa kept her thoughts to herself, merely echoing, "Yeah, it's nice to have money."

"If... if Caitlin had given me a place like this, I wouldn't have ended up in this situation."